‘What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ Fauzia Khan meets Dr Sian Williams, Counselling Psychologist, BBC presenter and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Sian shares her journey in journalism and…
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Life Changing is ‘a series that is totally compelling’. Irish News Thank you to listeners on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 4 who have made ‘Life Changing’ one of the top FIVE BBC radio programmes – with more than…
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Covering Traumatic Breaking News: a guide for journalists and newsrooms
A short visual guide, produced by Headlines Network and Dr Sian Williams, to help protect journalists’ mental health when covering traumatic events. Journalists are highly resilient, despite being exposed to traumatic events regularly. But their levels of trauma, including…
Williams has been a news anchor and presenter for the BBC and Channel 5 during a broadcasting career of more than 35 years. In March, after 15 years of mental health training, she became a senior psychological therapist with…
‘Dr Sian Williams is the new presenter of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Life Changing’ Hello, I’m Dr Sian Williams. I’m a journalist who’s worked in news for 35 years – and I’m also a psychologist currently working in the NHS…
Full-length, revealing interviews with Jay Blades, Gary Numan, Holly Matthews, Dr Alex George, Gizzi Erskine, Denice Welch and more! To listen: click here https://podfollow.com/mind-matters-with-dr-sian/view…
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Daily Telegraph: ‘The secret Bill Turnbull kept about me for 25 years’
A tribute to my great friend and BBC Breakfast colleague, Bill Turnbull. Bill Turnbull was the kindest and most generous of friends, and the best man to spend eleven years with on the BBC Breakfast sofa. But we first…
“My Mum would be very proud of you, Sian.” That’s an extraordinary thing for Prince Harry to tell me days before I run the marathon for Heads Together – the Royals’ campaign for mental health. I’ll admit I was…
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Why trauma is like rebuilding a shattered vase – talking on BBC 1’s The One Show
Today I spoke about my breast cancer and double mastectomy on BBC 1’s The One Show. I described my experiences and explained why they prompted me to write my book, Rise. I said: “I thought I knew all about…
News feeds on tragedy. When others run from danger, we run towards it, keen to witness disaster first-hand, trying to interpret the inexplicable, asking those in grief or shock to articulate how it feels. We are always looking for…